Re: BOSS RC-50 vs EH2880

[mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com>]

Is it true that once you go to a new loop there's no
way to get back to your old loop o the EH2880?

--- Joshua Carroll <josh@infinivert.com> wrote:

> Does the foot controller come standard with the
> 2880, or is it separate? 
> If so, where would I find one?
> 
> --Josh
> 
> 
> 
> >>What I dont't get with this looper is the
> footswitch control! There
> >>is no specification on that?
> >>stephane
> >
> >
> >
> > The 2880 foot controller has 6 buttons:
> >
> > "New Loop" sets up the unit to begin a new loop.
> It continues to play
> > the old loop until you press the record button.
> Pressing the new loop
> > button makes three lights flash rapidly on the
> footcontroller, as a
> > warning. Pressing "New Loop" again cancels it.
> >
> > "Reverse" pretty obvious. Works equally well in
> record and play. Whan
> > synched to MIDI it has a fantastic ballistic -
> exactly like a tape
> > machine!
> >
> > "Octave" Drops the loop by one octave... at any
> tempo. It also halves
> > the tempo of the MIDI clock, I wish it didn't...
> >
> > "Track Select"  steps through the 4 available mono
> tracks, enebling
> > recordon them. In stereo mode it selects one of
> the 2 pairs. Because
> > it sequentially steps through the tracks, the LED
> lights when track 1
> > is selected.
> >
> > "Record" When stopped, pressing this will begin
> recording at the
> > beginning of the loop, when playing it acts as a
> punch in / out button
> >
> > "Play" starts and stops the loop.
> >
> > I've modified mine a bit, swapping the position of
> the 'New Loop" and
> > "Track Select" functions and changing the LED
> colors (red=record,
> > green=play).
> >
> > The foot controller contains a microcontroller and
> is powered by the
> > 1/4" mono cable connecting it to the 2880.
> >
> >
> > -CZ
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > ...
> > http://www.zmix.net
> 
> 


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